Cigarette holder



R. B. WILSON CIGARETTE HOLDER Aug. 4, 1964 Filed Feb. 26, 1962 INVENTOR. Rabe/'M/'lsan .MAJ Ha United States Patent O 3,143,115 CEGARETTE HLDER Robert B. Wilson, 746 Rosecrans Ave., Manhattan Beach, Calif. Filed Feb. "26, 1962, Ser. No. 175,563 2 Cian-ns. (Cl. rs1- 198) This invention relates generally to cigarette smoking, and more specifically to a novel holder for a cigarette which performs to increase `the pleasures derived from smoking, and at the same time reduces the hazards thereof.

One of the principal hazards of smoking results from the inhalation of nicotine tars and other insoluble matter into the lungs. These damaging by-products of burning tobacco are carried as vapors at relatively high temperatures into the throat and lungs. I have found that if the smoke is sufficiently cooled before being inhaled, then much of the harmful products in the smoke may be condensed and trapped prior to being inhaled. Apart from providing provisions to cool the smoke, I have elected to mix the smoke with clean air, the combination resulting in a refreshing taste, and by adding oxygen during such mixing the smoke becomes less harsh on the throat and lungs.

It is therefore a primary object of this invention to provide a cigarette holder which incorporates an air intake and mixing baille which operates to mix clean air with the smoke so as to eifectively cool the smoke and dilute the same with oxygen to provide a pleasant smoking medium.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a cigarette holder which is designed with a sediment charnber for the purpose of trapping condensed matter.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following more detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, taken in conjunction with the attached drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the cigarette holder which comprises my invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross sectional View taken along the line 2 2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 5 represents a cylindrical tube which extends at one end to form an inwardly tapering shank 6 which terminates with a mouthpiece 7 having a substantially circular outline when Viewed in elevation, or which may have a ilat conventional form. The tube 5 has a central hole S which is reduced in diameter at 9 to continue with a narrow bore 10 which communicates through the shank to form an opening 11 in the mouthpiece.

A cylindrical sleeve 12 is mounted over the open end of the tube 5 to provide a reinforcement therefor. A radial hole 13 is formed through the sleeve 12 and the tube 5 to provide an air intake port 14. An L shaped tube 15 is mounted by one end 16 in the radial hole 13 such that the longer portion 17 of the tube 15 extends centrally and axially of the hole S. The portion 17 is closed at its end 18 and is provided with a multiplicity of radially oriented pin holes 19 which permit air to be drawn through the tube into the hole 8. A small bracket Zt? supports one end of the l. shaped tube inwardly of the air intake port 14. A baille or mixing iin 21 is mounted adjacent the end 18 of the tube 15 and consists of a number of radially projecting vanes 22 which serve as bailles, thus setting up a turbulence to further mix the air and smoke which passes through the hole 8 upon inhalation by the smoker. The area disposed inwardly of the baille 21 is called a condensing chamber 23 and serves to collect condensed matter resulting from cooling the smoke with fresh air drawn inwardly through the tube 15. A cigarette 24 is shown in dotted lines in FlG. 2, mounted in the open end 25 of the tube 5 as is conventional with all types of cigarette holders.

The reduction in temperature which results from smoking a cigarette through this holder effects a dual purpose of cooling the smoke to prevent burning the throat and cause condensation of poisonous matter within the condensing chamber, and mixing the smoke with fresh air and oxygen.

Having described the invention in a preferred form, it

Will be appreciated that some modifications` may be made to the precise configuration, without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention, as defined by the following claims.

Iclaim:

1. A cigarette holder comprising, in combination, a cylindrical tube open at one end for removably receiving the end of a cigarette, a mouth piece extending from the other end of the tube and having a small bore formed therethrough to communicate with the tube, a forward portion of the tube dening a radially extending aperture, an L-shaped Itube having a portion thereof disposed centrally within said cylindrical tube and secured at one end within said radial aperture, the centrally disposed portion of said L-shaped tube having a plurality of small pin holes communicating between the radial aperture and the internal portion of said cylindrical tube, and a mixing baille secured over the inner portion of said L-shaped tube to mix smoke and fresh air passing into said small bore.

2. A cigarette holder according to claim 1, wherein said L-shaped tube is sealed at its inner end, and wherein said inner end is spaced axially from the small bore.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 214,586 Riedel Apr. 22, 1879 960,181 Malcomb` May 31, 1910 FOREIGN PATENTS 546,203 France Aug. 14, 1922 9,139 Great Britain 1888 

1. A CIGARETTE HOLDER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A CYLINDRICAL TUBE OPEN AT ONE END FOR REMOVABLY RECEIVING THE END OF A CIGARETTE, A MOUTH PIECE EXTENDING FROM THE OTHER END OF THE TUBE AND HAVING A SMALL BORE FORMED THERETHROUGH TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE TUBE, A FORWARD PORTION OF THE TUBE DEFINING A RADIALLY EXTENDING APERTURE, AN L-SHAPED TUBE HAVING A PORTION THEREOF DISPOSED CENTRALLY WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL TUBE AND SECURED AT ONE END WITHIN SAID RADIAL APERTURE, THE CENTRALLY DISPOSED PORTION OF SAID L-SHAPED TUBE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SMALL PIN HOLES COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE RADIAL APERTURE AND THE INTERNAL PORTION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL TUBE, AND A MIXING BAFFLE SECURED OVER THE INNER PORTION OF SAID L-SHAPED TUBE TO MIX SMOKE AND FRESH AIR PASSING INTO SAID SMALL BORE. 